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in MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. U Wednesday, Feb. 17. 1960 PTA Unit Observes Founding The annual Founders' day meeting of Roosevelt Parent Teacher association, held Fri day, February 12, at the school, proved to be one of - the most interesting and en-.- tertaining of the year, mem- - bers report. Mrs. Arlon Skinner, vice- president, opened the meet Z ing with the PTA prayer, and - the sixth grade Camp Fire Girls presented the colors. Each past president attend- ing was honored with her X favorite song, sung by the Z audience, and accompanied by X Mrs. Richard Schuchard at X the piano. Mrs. Hale Green "X man, president, introduced Mrs. Carl Wimberly Jr., 1958 X 59; Mrs. William Seibert, Z 1957-58; Mrs. Robert Dames, ; 1952-53; Mrs. Richard Alley, 1948-49; Mrs. John Carter, X 1946-47; Mrs. J. W. Barnard, Z 1945-46; and Mrs. Harris " Janes, 1923-24. They were pre Z sented with token remem - brances. Z Mrs. Leigh Gustison, presi Z dent of the Oregon Congress X of Parents and Teachers and a Medford resident, spoke on "Th Meaning of PTA" and stressed the organization's concern for the whole child "" in physical, mental, moral, so ; cial and spiritual ways. During a business meeting a nomination committee was elected. Those selected were Mrs. Robert Morris, Mrs. Mar ian Montgomery and Mrs. Ab- ner Clark. Mrs. Edna Olson, teacher of the second grade,' introduced members of the faculty who appeared in a comedy skit en titled, '"Roosevelt Limited, Earliest Founders of PTA." Those in the cast were Robert, Sage, principal of Roosevelt, Mrs. Edamae Adamson, Mrs. Eleanor Hamilton, Miss Mar- t r u nruu gdld IlUUCl I. HUUUC, Howard Lindstrom. Mrs. Georgiana Beier accompanied on the piano. A silver tea followed, and mothers of children in the fourth grade served the re freshments. The table setting and decorations were in the valentine theme. Mrs. War ran Holbrook had 'fashioned the centerpiece. The funds collected at this tea will be used for extension of PTA work and is divided equally between state and national. Mrs. Gertrude Lorton won the room' count for the upper grades and Miss Elizabeth Rice for the lower grades. The next meeting of Roosevelt- PTA will be on Thurs day evening, March 10. Club Conducts Memorial Rite; Students Play A memorial service for Mrs. Everett Beeson and Miss Jane Snedicor, two members - of College Women's Club of the Rogue River valley who have died in recent days, was held at the last meeting of the group. The meeting took place February 13 at Girls Commu nity club with the vice-president, Mrs. D. R. Sloan, presid ing. Both Miss Snedicor and Mrs. Beeson were former school teachers. Mrs. Alice Willits read James Whitcomb Riley's poem, "She Is Not Dead." A string ensemble of Med ford High school students, di rectcd by John Drysdale, played a group of numbers appropriate to the valentine season. Playing were Walter Ayers, Sharon Thomas, Julie Latham and Betty Kyker, vio linists; Lynn Latham and Bonnie Allingham, violists; Julie Gandt, cellist and Linda Carver, pianist. Mrs. Mable Hindley show ed pictures taken on her ' re cent trip to Russia, Poland, England and Holland, and gave an account of her travel experiences. The tea table was in the valentine motif with red and white cloth, tapers and flow ers. The table was arranged by Mrs. George Roscberry Other members of the social committee serving were Mrs James Johnston, Mrs. John Bloomfield. Mrs. Roy Stanley, and Miss Florence Gifford. 4 Club Announces Meeting Friday Get Together club will meet Friday. February 19, at 1:30 p.m. in Girls Community club. Luncheon will be served. FURS Repairing and Relining Cleaning and Glazing Restyling Frances9 Furs 610 Valley View SAME PHONE SP2-A526 Women's Mews Joyce Pearson and Ken Hall are cast in leading roles for the production of "Pygma lion," to be presented at Medford High school Thursday and Friday, February 18 19. Miss Pearson plays Mrs. Higgins, moth er of the leading man, and young Hall is Alfred Doolitlle, father of Eliza, the cock Theme of Fashion Show Is "Prelude to Spring" "A Prelude to Spring" is , the theme of the annual style show of Alpha Rho chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. The annual event, which combines a luncheon, fashion show and card party, will be held Mon day, February 22. at 12 noon at Rogue Valley Country club. It is the first style show of the 1960 season for Medford. Burelson's store will pro vide clothing for the show and the models will have their hair styled by th Hair Fashions salon. Mrs. Richard Riggs, general chairman, announces that the models will be Mrs. William Tycer, Mrs. Robert Goodman, Mrs. Alan Sterton, Mrs. Wil liam Werner, Mrs. Fred Danielson, Mrs. Curt Butter field, Mrs. William Chapman, Mrs. Bob Norris, Mrs. Russell Budreau, Mrs. James Callan and Mrs. Vera Ashton. The party will be held in the Starlight room of the club. Prizes will be given. Reservations may be made by calling Mrs. Gerald Mc- Chapter to Honor Sideline Members Jacksonville - Adarel chap ter. Order of Eastern Star, will honor "sidelines" mem bers at a meeting to be held Thursday, February 18, at 8 p.m. in the Jacksonville Ma sonic temple. Mrs. Furman Evernham, worthy matron,, and Donald Shores, worthy patron, will preside. The committee for the eve ning will be Mrs. Earl Bre wold and Mrs. William Chil-dreth. BOTH one wears CONTACTS! Actually, both pictures are of Dr. Noles' 13-year old daughter who has worn contact lenses 16 hours a day for the past two years. And ... she wears dark areen tinted contact lenses for swimming and skiing. A dramatic illustration of the cosmetic and psycho. logical benefits to be derived from wearing contact lenses. why not send tht WHOLE girl bock to whool? e No Appointment Needed e Convenient Credit casual shopping with convenient parking fi Grew, SPring 3-3170, or Mrs. Alan Sterton, SPring 2-5046. The meeting of Alpha Rho chapter was held at the home of Mrs. Lou Cranston, with Mrs. William Kennedy as sisting. Mrs. Cranston oper ated a tape recorder during the meeting, and the record ing was later played back to the surprise and amusement of the members. Each mem ber evaluated her own voice. Dances Announced A March of Dimes dance will be held at the YMCA Thursday, February 18, under the sponsorship of the Rogue Valley Caller's association, and the Rogue-Siskiyou Area Square Dance council. The dance is set for 8 p.m. and local callers will serve. All proceeds will go to the March of Dimes. Saturday, February 20, the Buckles and Bows Square Dance club plans a dance at the Bellview Grange hall near Ashland. Floyd Workman will be caller. An intermediate workshop for both square and round dancing will be held Monday nights at Bellview Grange hall. The class is open to all interested dancers, and Mr. Workman will be caller. Waggin Wheelers will dance Saturday, February 20, at Carpenters' hall. Medford. Douglas Decker will call.. Also announced is a dance to be given by the Circle 'N Squares at the Hawkinsville hall in Yreka, Calif., Satur day, February 20. Caller will be Ivan Midlam of Eugene. e We gtvn Grena Stomp ux 55 t& tfca. COLUMBIAN OPTICAL CO. MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER Phone SP 2-9990 Social Events ney girl converted into a sophisticated Englishwoman during the course of the George Bernard Shaw drama. The father claims to be "the most original moralist in England." A group of students designed and made the costumes to be worn by girls in the cast. Camp White Club Announces Winners Camp White-Camp White Veterans Bridge club has an nounced winners for last week's session. Winning north-south were William Isaacs and Roy Pruitt first, 129; Mrs. George B. Dean and Mrs. William Knope, second, 123V;:; the Howard B o y d s, third, 122; Mrs. A. W. Lingaas and Mrs. Jack Mitchell, fourth, 121. . East-west winners were Mrs. Richard Jones and Mrs. James Winslow, first, 13412; Berg Marten and Jack Mitch ell, second, 124V2; Mrs. Paul McDuffee and John Foley, third, 115; Mr. McDuffee and Eugene Ricker, fourth, 112. Oregon imposed the first tax on gasoline in-1919. : I EARLY Class Play To Open Thursday "Pygmalion," 1960 senior class play of Medford High school, will be presented Thursday and Friday, Febru ary 18-19, at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. This is the play from which Alan Jay Lerner and Freder ick Loewe adapted their Broadway hit, "My Fair Lady." Tickets may be pur chased at Barker's, Purucker's or from any senior class mem ber. In the play, Henry Higgens, a phonetics professor played by Wayne Thompson attempts to turn Eliza Doolittle, an un attractive flower girl played by Linda Lowry, into an ele gant young woman whom he tries to pass-off as a duchess at an ambassador's garden party. Many emotional and social conflicts arise during the course of the play. The high school orchestra, directed by John Drysdale, will play selections from the score of "My Fair Lady" and other numbers. PTA Announces Talk on Russia Central Point-Dr. Leonard Mayfield will speak concern ing his recent tour of Russia at a meeting of the Central Point Parent-Teacher associa tion to be held Thursday, Feb ruary 18, at 8 p.m. in Jewett school cafetorium. This PTA unit is organized for three schools, Jewett, Central Point elementary and Central Point Junior High schools. Since it is believed Dr. Mayfield's talk will be of gen eral interest, all interested persons are invited to attend according to Mrs. Clifford Bailey, program chairman, and Mrs. C. E. Chamberlain, president. District 6C Mothersingers will perform for the musical portion of the program. This will be the group's first per formance since organization. Director is Mrs. Douglas Field. Mrs. Chamberlain will in troduce past presidents in ob servance of Founders day. Parents of children in the first grade will be hosts. w . A- if V V m--& z f I Wesleyan Guild Has 'Palaver'; Sale Announced Members of Ruth Esther Wesleyan Service guild were seated around a "palaver place" in a simulated African village for a meeting held Monday night at First Metho dist church. A "puzzle tree" occupied the center of the square, and an African "feast," including a huge wooden bowl filled with peanuts, was served by the hostesses, Mrs. Charles Adamson, Mrs. Dale Flowers, Miss Annette Gray and Miss Janie Smith. During "palaver," Mrs. Louise Davis led a quiz ses sion on conditions, past and present, in South Africa. For the program Mrs. Davis play ed the intensely moving rec ord called "Lost in the Stars' which is based on Alan Pat on's book, "Cry, the Beloved Country." Mrs. Ellen Lynner chose as a text for the devotional per iod the story of Phillip and the Ethiopian in the eighth chapter of Acts. Mrs. Adam son led the group in singing an African chant, "Kum-ba-Yah." The coordinator, Mrs. George Roseberry, reported on several coming projects of the WSCS, including two dis trict meetings and the annual mother-daughter banquet. Mrs. Adamson stressed two other events, the Bible study classes to be given by Dr. Gertrude Boyd Crane, March 6-8, and the visit of Mrs. Lan drum, staff member from the New York office who will be here May 16. During the business meet ing plans were made for a food sale to be held in the Home Appliance store Satur day, February 20. Mrs. Mary Note is chairman of arrange ments. Gold Hill Women Circle Hostesses Gold Hill - Mrs. Tom Hen derson and Mrs. Joe Kava leski were hostesses for a lun cheon that following the busi ness session of the Golden Circle Women's group of the Gold Hill Christian church, Friday, February 12 at the church. Mrs. Clarence Free man, president of the Circle, conducted the meeting, dur ing which time plans were made to hold a rummage sale. "Faith" was the topic of the devotional portion of the day by Mrs. A. J. Castillo of by harrods California . . . LIGHTWEIGHT SUITS, typical of the versatile and timely appeal found in our just-arrived collection in anticipation of spring . . . large figure: 3-piece silk suit in rouge red or lemon peel with matching silk print short-sleeve blouse. center right: styles in Mayflower flannel, boxy styles in grey or blue.. Only Plain or striped Mayflower flannel. Open Mondays and Fridays Noon 'til Bridge Tourney is Benefit For Girls Community Club Money "earned from a bene fit tournament sponsored Sunday by Medford Duplicate Bridge club was presented to Girls Community club, where the group regularly holds its session. Eighteen tables were in play, in two sections. A large group of Grants Pass players were here for the master point event. North-south winners for Section A were Mrs. E. L. Miller and Mrs. Frank Baker, first, 118; Mrs. Dolph Phipps and Mrs. George Dean, sec ond, 10915!; the Jack Mitch ells, 100, third; the Henry Holmbergs, Grants Pass, fourth, 99. East-west wniners in this section were Mrs. Lloyd Johnson and Thomas Munds, first, 94; the Leland Clarks, second. 92I2; Mrs. C, L. How ard and Mrs. A. W. Lingaas, third, 91Vz; Frank Dolen sheck and John Shortridge, fourth, 88I.2. North-south winners for Section B were Mrs. Sam Richardson and Mrs. W. W. Stevenson, first, 127; Mrs. Banquet Given By Two Groups Gold Stripe Pup tent. Mili tary Order of Cooties and Roguette circle. Military Or der of Lady Bugs, recently were hosts for a banquet. En tertainment and cards follow ed the dinner. Dignitaries present includ ed Seam Squirrel George Perry, Pup tent, Sleelhead Grants Pass; Mrs. Leatha Preston, lady gold bug of Gladiolus circle, Grants Pass; Mrs. Marie Bowling, presi dent of Del Rogue auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Grants Pass; Pat Doyle, com mander of Crater Lake post, VFW Medford and Mrs. Doyle, Mrs. R. E. Schulz, na tional majestic wasp, and many others. Mrs. O. O. DeBerry and Mrs. Ben Allisson headed the dinner committee; Mrs. R. R. Zundel and Mrs. R. E.-Schulz the decorating and dining room committee and Mrs. Amy Randle handled regis tration. Next meeting of the Cooties and Lady Bugs will be March 8. Medford. Mrs. Constance Fueston presented the mis sionary lesson. 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